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News updates for the UK fresh produce business.
Veg Power launches ‘Simply Veg Learning’
Veg Power launches free eLearning platform to improve UK’s veg consumption and dietary health
UK is ‘laughing stock of Europe’, says FPC boss
Nigel Jenney slams government ‘incompetence’ in outspoken tirade
EFRA to quiz supermarkets on fairness in supply chain
Supermarkets’ senior executives to face questions from MPs over food price inflation, profits and relationships with producers
Fresh Direct launches mushroom meat
The UK foodservice provider says its latest innovation is set to reduce food waste
AMFresh names Ian Wood as MD for UK and Northern Europe
Wood has previously held senior global roles at SIG Group and Honeywell
Conversations
Fruitbox 104 · Chris Mack, Fresca Group
Chris Mack of Fresca, one of the oldest established fresh produce businesses in the UK, speaks about the past, present and future of the industry
Fruitbox 102 · Helge Sparsoe, Fyffes
Chris and Helge discuss the new banana consumer brand Trudi’s, and what it means for the future of the Fyffes name
Fruitbox 101 · Alex Garcia-Devis, GlobalGAP
Chris speaks with Alex about the scarcity of water in some of the world’s key production regions, and what this means for the fresh fruit and vegetable industry
EFRA Committee asks Defra for answers over import check confusion
Move follows reports in the press suggesting a delay, which Defra refuted
Most British supermarkets ‘purchasing more domestic topfruit’
BAPL study shows Sainsbury’s and Lidl have upped their purchases of British apples and pears the most
Spanish stonefruit campaign off to good start
Earliest production zones are reporting a good quality crop this year
Gander and Snappy Shopper initiative gathers pace
Two tech firms have joined forces to help cut convenience-store-customer grocery-bills and reduce food waste
New water fund encourages farmer collaboration
Government initiative hopes to find solutions for the conservation of water
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PML Seafrigo appoints new airfreight director
Paddie Allen hired to head up the company’s UK air freight operations
IGD study shows potential to boost fruit and veg consumption
IGD is carrying out ongoing work into how to encourage healthier diets
Grocery inflation falls for 14th straight month
Latest Worldpanel by Kantar data also reveals fruit is increasingly popular as a snack
Co-op switches to 100 per cent British own-brand strawberries
Retailer says move backs British growers and is a UK retail first
Brexit border checks will start from 30 April
The government has denied reports that post-Brexit checks on EU goods “won’t be ‘turned on’” from the end of the month
Ministers to be quizzed over agri-trade policy
Greg Hands and Mark Spencer are set to face the EFRA Committee
UK farming unions call for retailer support over weather crisis
Heavy rainfall and damaging storms have played havoc with food production
Labour promises new deal for produce growers
Shadow environment secretary outlines Labour plans to support farmers and put money in pockets of food producers
DP World surges forward with electric port plans
World’s first electric straddle carrier fleet arrives at DP World’s London Gateway Hub
Flooded fields highlight imbalance in risk to reward for UK veg growers
Tim O’Malley, group managing director of UK grower-importer Nationwide Produce, highlights the current weather challenges facing the fresh produce industry